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(No Model.) R. J. GILMORE.

BUTTON.

N0. 283,235. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

FIE-4| m m E m 3 w M h F w ,/m H L M Mg UNITED STATES PAT T OFFICE.

ROBERT J. GILMORE, or PROVIDENCE, Assrcnon ro rnns ronn BEIJDEN, or NORTH PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

, i BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,235, dated August 14, 1883.

I (LZZ whom it may concern: "Be it known that I, ROBERT J. G-ILMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new arid useful Improvements in Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This my invention relates to certain improvements in buttons; and it consists, p ractically, of an eyelet having an enlarged flange,

the latter being cut away to provide penetrating-prongs and a circular retaining base or flange which serves as the back of the button, the 'whole adaptedto be'attached to garments, 8110., in any well-known manner. 7

In the accompanying drawings, made enlarged, Figure 1 ;represents a form of eyelet vided with my improvement,.readyuto be permanently attached to the garment orjfabric. Figs. 5 and 6 represent common forms of but tons as provided with depending penetratingprongs. I

A in the drawingsrepresents'my improved button-back, made froma sheet-metal eyelet or Application filed June 6, 1883. [No model.)

blank, A, Fig. l, the latter being cut away to provide a series of penetrating-prongs, a, and a circular base or table, a, which latter has a tubular shank, a, formed at right angles there With, as shown. I

The upper or outerend of the shank a is adapted to besecured to the front B of a button, said front being of any desired. form. The opposite end of the tubular shank a terminates in the circularfia-nge or base a, before referred to, from the periphery of which depends a series of prongs, a1".

a consists, largely, in presenting a broad and smooth surface to the fabric, and at the same time avoiding the chafing or wear of the fabric incident to the use of the shouldered prongs, as represented in Fig. 6.

' The advantage of the enlarged circular base The manner of attaching buttons to gar ment's, &c., having my improvement is not es sentially different from that usually employed for'like purposes.

'Having thus described my invention, what I Y claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, the piece A, constituting the shank and attaching portion of a garment-button, and consist I ing of the cylindrical shank a and base a, the latter provided at the outer edge thereof with attaching-prongs (6, arranged and adapted for use substantially as shown-and described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBT. J. GILMORE.

\Vitnesses:

, GEO. H. REMINGTON, PRESTON L. BELDEN. 

